[Ferro-Alloys.com] 

Eramet: Indonesia to be world’s largest nickel producer

Jérôme Baudelet, CEO of nickel company Eramet Indonesia, has predicted that in the next 10 years, Indonesia will become the world’s largest nickel producer following significant increase in production volume in recent times.

According to Eramet data, Indonesia supplied 55 percent of the world’s total nickel production in 2023, significantly increasing the world’s dependence on Indonesia’s nickel supply.

“We strongly believe that Indonesia will continue to be the center of global nickel production in the next 10 years. As much as 70 percent of global nickel production will come from Indonesia within that period,” Baudelet said in a statement on Thursday, November 7, 2024.

He cited that the Weda Bay Nickel, Eramet’s joint venture with Tsingshan, also shows rapid growth in production. By 2024, Weda Bay Nickel’s nickel production will reach 32 million tons in accordance with the production quota set in the Work Plan and Budget (RKAB).

• [Editor:邢亚敏]